Your very own relationship superpower It’s a Thursday night and you’re home late. The meeting ran over, the traffic was awful, and you’re desperate to get into something more comfy. You step in the door, kick off your shoes and let your bag slide off your shoulder as you yell…

3,000 years of wisdom from Socrates to Shakespeare 2020 isn’t the year you were planning. From job losses and money woes, to upended plans and cancelled life events. And running through it all, the constant threat of a virus, which could kill you or those you love. How do you…

Swear when you’re training, studies say. — When you’re doing weights training, you want to see results. You know you have to build on your reps and intensity, or you’ll stop improving. So the last thing you want is a lackluster workout that achieves nothing. You’ve turned up. You want to build muscle and get stronger. And…

The greatest risk is you’ll freeze You’ve been out with friends. Or you stayed back at work. It’s getting late. The streets have emptied and the darkness has set in. You’re alone, walking that last little bit to get home. You hear steps behind you. You can feel someone’s presence…

Science-backed techniques to maximize your brain power From the time you got up this morning till the end of the day, you’ll make about 70 deliberate decisions. That’s 2,000 judgement calls, every month of your life. If you’re careless or overconfident or distracted, you’ll make mistakes. And mistakes always cost…

A tale of jungle survival by the WWII soldier who never stopped fighting Norio Suzuki was on a mission. For years he’d heard the rumors of a Japanese officer hiding in the jungles. Still fighting, decades after the war had finished. So Norio — a free spirit looking for adventure…

If you are ever captured by the enemy, one thing determines your chances of survival more than anything else. It’s not if you’re wounded or in good physical condition. It’s not your age or how much training or experience you have. It’s whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist. During…

Trouble sleeping? Here’s a military-tested trick for guaranteed slumber — When you’re on military exercise, sleep is a luxury. Maybe you can only snatch a few hours each day. So there’s nothing so frustrating as lying in your sleeping bag with your eyes closed, waiting for something to happen. You’re totally exhausted. You have to be up in three hours…